The Media of Photography Paperback / softback
by Diarmuid (University of Warwick, UK) Costello, Dominic (University of British Columbia) McIver Lopes
Part of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism series
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Two events in particular occasion this volume on the philosophy of photography: the blurring of boundaries that many took to demarcate photographic technology and practices from other representational and artistic technologies and the invention of digital photography.
The purpose of this volume is not to revive older questions by asking what, if anything, still distinguishes photography in the light of these developments, but to consider sundry questions about the materials and tools—or media—of photography from a variety of perspectives. critically examines classic and influential arguments in philosophy of photographyaddresses recent trends in photographic art, such as conceptualism and appropriationhighlights philosophically neglected elements of photographic art, such as performativity and self-portraiturereexamines the role of photographic media in photographic art practicesoffers new perspectives of the impact of digital technologies on photographyexplores the relationship between photographic art and photography in other arts (comics and music) and in sciencebrings a range of philosophical methodologies and traditions into dialogueincorporates extended discussions of the work of important photographers and artists who use photography (e.g.
Friedlander, Gursky, Lawlor)illustrates philosophical points with reproductions, many of them not widely knownclosely connects philosophical theory to the details of photographic practiceoffers original and novel theories of the aesthetic, artistic, and epistemic values of photographs
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- Pages:300 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:23/03/2012
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- ISBN:9781118269015
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:300 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:23/03/2012
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- ISBN:9781118269015